linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] net: dsa: microchip: add stats64 support for ksz8 series of switches

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Date:   Tue, 6 Dec 2022 11:41:33 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@...rochip.com>,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Arun.Ramadoss@...rochip.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] net: dsa: microchip: add stats64
 support for ksz8 series of switches

On Mon,  5 Dec 2022 06:29:04 +0100 Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> +	stats->rx_packets = raw->rx_bcast + raw->rx_mcast + raw->rx_ucast +
> +		raw->rx_pause;
> +	stats->tx_packets = raw->tx_bcast + raw->tx_mcast + raw->tx_ucast +
> +		raw->tx_pause;

FWIW for normal netdevs / NICs the rtnl_link_stat pkts do not include
pause frames, normally. Otherwise one can't maintain those stats in SW
(and per-ring stats, if any, don't add up to the full link stats).
But if you have a good reason to do this - I won't nack..